He may be a villain, but he supports you 🏳️‍🌈 I do too

This UFC spectacle at the White House, dripping with corporate sponsors and pay-to-play billions is crass corruption. While families struggle to afford groceries, rent, and healthcare, we’re watching Trump play Gatsby on the People’s lawn. This grift must end. We deserve better.

Tell us about the time you stole billions from Medicare, Rick.

Let’s be clear about what the Trump Administration is trying to do. There are more than 65,000 TSA officers who keep our airports safe every single day, and they still don't receive the same basic pay, protections, and worker rights as other federal employees. These are the people that worked without a paycheck for 76 days during the government shutdown. So what is the Trump Administration trying to do? Revoke their union contract and the benefits they fought tooth and nail for. Federal employees should have the right to organize, to negotiate a livable wage, to access affordable child care, and to earn the sick and medical leave they deserve. I introduced an amendment today to make sure no money is used to strip these officers of theirs.

😱😱😱 And just like that, it’s completely VANISHED from the media. A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children. Lets make this viral again 👇

Social Security does not add to the national debt. It is even prohibited by law from borrowing money. Politicians who talk about cutting or changing Social Security to address the debt are lying to you. Here is how Social Security funding works: Social Security is funded by payroll taxes. When more money comes in from payroll taxes than benefits that need to be paid out, Social Security is obligated to invest the surplus in Treasuries. Treasuries are bonds. Governments and corporations issue bonds to generate money. A bond is a loan from the purchaser to the issuer. A bond has a principal, a maturity date, and an interest rate. The principal is the value of the bond. When you buy a bond, you pay the principal. When the bond reaches its maturity date, the issuer is required to pay the principal back to the holder. The interest rate is the amount the issuer pays to the bondholder. It is similar to how, when you take out a 30-year mortgage, you agree to a repayment schedule and to pay interest until the loan is repaid. As Treasuries mature, if Social Security doesn't need that extra money, it rolls them over by buying new Treasuries. When Social Security needs more money to cover benefits, it cashes out Treasuries. The federal government has had a deficit for the past 25 years. This means that when it has to meet its obligations, it needs to borrow money. This is how people claim that Social Security adds to the debt. That is ridiculous. Companies and countries buy US Treasuries. You and I can buy them. Anyone holding a Treasury when it matures isn't increasing the debt. The government’s unbalanced budget is causing the debt. Cutting Social Security will do nothing to get the US out of debt, but it would create hardship for millions of Americans. Social Security currently has a shortfall, primarily because people are living longer and the large Boomer generation is retiring. In 1960, there were 5.1 people paying into Social Security. Today, there are only 2.7. The trust fund from past surpluses is keeping it afloat, but it is running out. The easiest way to address the shortfall is to remove the tax cap on Social Security. Benefits do not have to be increased to do this. This is exactly what was done for Medicare in 1993. The tax cap was removed, and benefits weren't increased to better fund the program.

Trump promised to lower costs. Instead, he's pushing a $1.5 trillion military budget — a huge increase. Here's an idea: How about we cut that number and put money toward lowering bills for families and actually making people's lives better. That's what I'll be fighting for this week.

It's the golden age for criminals.

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Republicans just BLOCKED Sen. Richard Blumenthal's attempt to get Veterans their retirement pay WITHOUT cutting disability benefits. Republicans will write blank checks to the military, then penny pinch when it's time to support our Vets.

In case you forgot what it looks like when a real president gets the love at a game. You know, when the crowd actually wants the president there.

Lieu: The president is not well. He has tremendous difficulty staying awake on the job. He has repeatedly fallen asleep at Cabinet meetings, at White House events, at a Memorial Day ceremony, and most recently at a very loud NBA game last night. The White House needs to explain why Donald Trump keeps going to the hospital and taking cognitive tests.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the extraordinary outbursts of the President of the United States against female journalists... well, actually against journalists in general and journalism. But it feels like he saves his most childlike behavior and irrational language for female reporters, calling them all kinds of names that kids in kindergarten are given times out for. It’s stunning to me to witness such behavior from any leader, any CEO, any person of influence or importance. I’ve never witnessed someone like this raging, this weekend with @meetthepress host @kwelkernbc, just last week in the Oval Office with @cnn’s @kaitlancollins, calling women stupid or piggy, telling them to “smile”, calling them darling, demeaning their credibility. Every good man should denounce this behavior. Every person should be able to stand up for their colleagues and say “No more.” Imagine this man screaming like this at your daughter, your wife, your sister, your mother... would you stand for it? No, you wouldn’t! And neither should any of us. It’s unacceptable and undignified. Period. End of story.

Mega-donors and corporations are funding Trump’s ballroom — and cashing in with over $50 BILLION in new federal contracts. He’s turning the People’s House into a pay-to-play grift for his donors, while families struggle to afford basics. op:@msnownews

What CBS just did to Scott Pelley is an absolute disgrace. After 37 years of integrity, the network fired a broadcast legend simply because he refused to put flat-out lies into a story to please the administration. CBS corporate owners wanted a submissive newsroom that scripts lies on command, so they threw one of America's most trusted journalists to the wolves for choosing the truth over a corporate paycheck. But here is the massive difference between a billionaire-backed network and our independent community: they can never fire us. We don't answer to boardrooms, media barons, or corporate sponsors—we answer only to you, which means our reporting is completely fireproof. Hit the ❤️ **LIKE** and **SHARE** buttons to stand with Pelley against corporate censorship, and become a paid subscriber today to help us keep the truth unbowed: 👇 dworkinsubstack.com/subscrib…

With the shooting in Toledo, Ohio - it might be a good time to point out that since Trump’s 2nd term: Republicans introduced zero gun reform bills, despite almost 600 mass shootings - while introducing over 800 restrictive voting bills, despite only 40 cases of voter fraud.

We're seeing a revolving door between ICE and the private prison industry. The new head of ICE is a former VP at GeoGroup, the company that runs over a dozen detention centers, including Delaney Hall. This is corruption using taxpayer dollars, and we need to stop it.

Marco Rubio yesterday: “I have never seen Trump fall asleep.”

A week by week breakdown of the @GoJacksFB schedule, by me: siouxfallslive.com/sports/co…

The federal government just banned bison from public land in Montana. Not cattle. Bison. Interior Secretary Burgum revoked grazing permits for 950 bison on 63,000 acres of federal land in northeastern Montana. The reason? Bison raised for conservation don't count as livestock under a 1934 law. Bison raised for meat and milk? Fine. Bison raised to restore a native species to its native land? Get out. Meanwhile, cattle ranchers across the West keep grazing on your land. For $1.69 a month. One cow. One calf. Thirty days. $1.69. On land that belongs to every American. The Cheyenne River Sioux. The Coalition of Large Tribes — 50 Native nations. Defenders of Wildlife. They all filed formal protests. They called it exactly what it is. "DEI for cows." The bison have until September 30 to be gone. Who decided cattle belong on public land more than bison do? #DemsUnited

A highschool senior, a pregnant woman, and a man with Stage Three cancer. These are the people I met in Delaney Hall. When DHS tells you they are only arresting the worst of the worst, they're lying. These are everyday people kept in inhumane conditions with our tax dollars.